When Adversity Knocks Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the characters, items, and moral lessons from the story 'When Adversity Knocks'.

Asha

The person in the story who was getting frustrated and tired of life and asked her father for advice.

Asha's father

The person who used boiling water and food items to show how someone can respond to adversity.

Adversity

Difficult situations or circumstances, represented in the story by boiling water.

Egg

An item that was soft but became hard after being placed in boiling water for 10 minutes.

Potato

An item that was hard but became soft after being placed in boiling water for 10 minutes.

Tea leaves

Items that changed the water itself when placed into boiling water.

Explained

A word meaning described, expounded, or expressed.

Changed

A word that can be replaced by the phrase "make different" in the context of the passage.

The Moral

The lesson that we can choose how to respond in difficult situations.

When Adversity Knocks

The title of the passage about Asha and her father's lesson.